Wednesday, May 2, 2012

NATURAL PEST CONTROL

So how many of you have those nasty aunts that come back or those little fruit fly's that always seem to be bothering you while your in the kitchen? Well we all know we have them,and I am sure you have looked every where to certain products you buy at a store that is very expensive to things your grandparents said works, but I was looking through Pinterest and found this great article on how to make your own recipe to get rid of these bad boys and had a lot of post that says they work!

Fruit Fly Trap

1 quart jar
1 piece of paper, rolled up into a funnel
tape
apple cider vinegar
small slice of banana
Fill a quart jar with a 1/2 inch of apple cider vinegar and a small
piece of banana. Roll up your paper into a funnel shape (larger at the
top) and tape it in place. Place the funnel into your jar and make sure
all the edges are secured shut with tape. You may have to adjust the
size of your funnel to make sure it fits nicely into your jar. Place the
jar where the fruit flies are flying around and let it go to work. You
will be amazed at how well this trap works. The fruit flies will smell
the fruit and climb inside, but for some odd reason they don’t fly back
up the funnel to get out. When you have caught a good supply, place the
entire jar in the freezer. After a short time that flies with die and
you can remove the jar from the freezer and use it again without even
removing the old contents. Use repeatedly until your fruit flies are
eliminated.
As you can see in my picture, this easy trap is amazingly effective!

Ant Trap

We are often plagued with ants in the summer time as well around
here. We have various sorts of carpenter and sugar ants. This little
concoction does the trick! Last year we had huge carpenter ants all
around our kitchen. Many were coming out of our electrical saukets in
our kitchen. We were blown away by how quickly they were eradicated with
this recipe.
1 tsp. borax (borax is an natural laundry boosting powder available
in the laundry section of the store, normally on the top shelf)
2 cups hot water
6 Tbsp sugar
folded paper towel
small shallow cup (like a creme burlee dish)
Disolve borax in hot water. Stir in sugar. Dip the folded paper
towel, using tongs, in the solution till completely saturated with
solution. Cram the paper towel in the dish. Place in location where you
have seen the ants. This solution will be eaten by the ants and taken
back to the nest to share with the other ants and thus eradicate the
entire nest. Keep away from children by placing on a countertop or
cupboard, if possible.

My first thought of this article was YAY! I can finally get rid of my ants!! I have three boys that are always into some kind of snack and leaving trails of crumbs all over the place! I even remember one time they left a honey bun under the bed and the aunts were covered in it and I had nightmares for a week about the ants attacking my kids! Crazy YES, but I did. So I am very excited to post this and try it and hope it works for everyone else! Enjoy and good luck.